TY - JOUR
T1 - Rove beetles of the genus Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Russia
T2 - a key to species and annotated catalogue
AU - Salnitska, Maria
AU - Solodovnikov, Alexey
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper is the first inventory of the fauna of the rove beetle genus Quedius in the Russian Federation. It provides an annotated catalogue of 88 species of Quedius currently recorded from Russia, based on several collections and a critical evaluation of all earlier published records. All species are listed with a summary of their overall distribution and bionomics. Species distributions within Russia are given as lists of regions where they occur with references to the respective source collections or publications which any record is based on. For that, the territory of Russia is divided into 40 regions that mostly follow the administrative division of the country. The annotated catalogue is supplemented by a well-illustrated identification key to all species and a concise checklist in form of an easily visualized table. Quedius fusus Cai & Zhou, 2015, Quedius humosus Solodovnikov, 2005, and Quedius lundbergi Palm, 1973 are recorded from the territory of Russia for the first time. Based on an analysis of literature and available material, records of Quedius cincticollis Kraatz, 1857, Quedius humeralis Stephens, 1832, Quedius maurorufus (Gravenhorst 1806), Quedius nemoralis Baudi de Selve, 1848, Quedius nigrocaeruleus Fauvel, 1876, and Quedius picipes (Mannerheim, 1830) from Russia are considered doubtful. The distribution of Quedius brachypterus Coiffait, 1967, described from the ‘Caucasus’, remains ambiguous and its presence in Russia is unlikely. The identity of Quedius fulvipennis Hochhuth, 1851 from ‘Dahuria’ remains unknown, pending examination of the type material. For Quedius citelli Kirschenblatt, 1933 a lectotype is designated. For that species and Q. sofiri Khachikov, 2015 illustrations of the aedeagi are provided for the first time. The paper stresses the currently poor state of knowledge of the Quedius diversity in Russia and provides a platform for its improvement, which should begin with a large-scale sampling program, especially in Siberia and Far East.
AB - This paper is the first inventory of the fauna of the rove beetle genus Quedius in the Russian Federation. It provides an annotated catalogue of 88 species of Quedius currently recorded from Russia, based on several collections and a critical evaluation of all earlier published records. All species are listed with a summary of their overall distribution and bionomics. Species distributions within Russia are given as lists of regions where they occur with references to the respective source collections or publications which any record is based on. For that, the territory of Russia is divided into 40 regions that mostly follow the administrative division of the country. The annotated catalogue is supplemented by a well-illustrated identification key to all species and a concise checklist in form of an easily visualized table. Quedius fusus Cai & Zhou, 2015, Quedius humosus Solodovnikov, 2005, and Quedius lundbergi Palm, 1973 are recorded from the territory of Russia for the first time. Based on an analysis of literature and available material, records of Quedius cincticollis Kraatz, 1857, Quedius humeralis Stephens, 1832, Quedius maurorufus (Gravenhorst 1806), Quedius nemoralis Baudi de Selve, 1848, Quedius nigrocaeruleus Fauvel, 1876, and Quedius picipes (Mannerheim, 1830) from Russia are considered doubtful. The distribution of Quedius brachypterus Coiffait, 1967, described from the ‘Caucasus’, remains ambiguous and its presence in Russia is unlikely. The identity of Quedius fulvipennis Hochhuth, 1851 from ‘Dahuria’ remains unknown, pending examination of the type material. For Quedius citelli Kirschenblatt, 1933 a lectotype is designated. For that species and Q. sofiri Khachikov, 2015 illustrations of the aedeagi are provided for the first time. The paper stresses the currently poor state of knowledge of the Quedius diversity in Russia and provides a platform for its improvement, which should begin with a large-scale sampling program, especially in Siberia and Far East.
U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.847.34049
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.847.34049
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31156330
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 847
SP - 1
EP - 100
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
ER -